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VOL II.
THE COOS BAY TIMES, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1908.
No. 16
ONE HUNDRED ,11 FIFTY DIE
IN AWFUL THEATRE HRE
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POME STOPS
1010 10 MOT
SHORT 0FF00D
WALSH ROASTS
GOVERNMENT
UPHEAVAL OF
JAP OABINE
Physicians of Crazy Members
of Family Not Allowed to
Testify.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 14. Tho de
fenso began tho presentation of its
caso In tho trial of Thaw today.
Physicians who had attended the In
sane members of the defendant's
family wero called upon, but Invok
ing tho rule of confidential relations
botweon a doctor and patient, dist
rict Attorney Jeromo succeeded In
blocking sonio of the Intended testi
mony. One witness, a former teach
er of Thaw, at Wooster University,
declared that tho boy's conduct so
long ago as 188C was Irrational.
AMERICA IS
A JAP ISSUE
Political Campaign In Flowery King
dom Hinges on the Emigrant
Question.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. With a
full comprehension of the fact that
tho Japaneso emmigratlon question
is being mado an Important issue In
tho political campaign now in pro
gress in Japan and a consequent de-
siro to avoid in any way embarassin
Bertie linpr Forty Days From
San Pedro Makes Harbor
With Empty Cupboard.
Forty days out from San Pedro for
Coos Bay with about thirty-five days'
food bn board was tho experience of
the three-masted schooner Bertie Mi
nor which was brought to tho rail
road dock to load lumber on Saturday
afternoon by the tug Columbia. The
boat Is In charge of Captain Dalquist,
and was towed the last 28 miles to
the bar by tho steam schooner Daisy
Mitchell, which went out of her road
to help the ship, at a profit.
The Bertie Minor, which carries
350,000 feet of lumber, left San Pe
dro on December 3, and with favor
able gales behind her easily arrived
at the mouth of Coos Bay 14 days
later, December 17. The bar was
too rough for her to try to enter,
however, and tho ship dropped one
of her smaller anchors about a mile
from shore.
Before tho bar began to get
smooth, the sky began to look
stormy and In a short while a gale
began to blow from the southeast,
shifting toward the southwest in the
evening. The captain hnd no time
to haul up anchor and he ordered
the caple cut, while the ship stood
out for the open sea. The gale con
tinued for several days and when it
finally subsided tho boat was well
off the Washington coast.
The sh'p beat slowly back to the
bar against tho winds and early last
week it was discovered that sho was
running short of "grub." This mado
tho Saionjl ministry and perhaps ! the captain anxious to got in, but
causing their overthrow at tho . ap
proaching election, the state depart
ment is resolutely declining to pub
lish any information respecting the
progress of negotiations with Japan
on that subject.
I LaflwCia I i$J H 11 IU
No Further Violent Scenes Because
of Demand for General
Suffrage.
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Jan. 14. There wero
few signs of tho violent scones of
yesterday when tho demonstrations
for general suffrage in Prussia re
sulted in a series of encounters with
the police. There was some excite
ment In districts of tho city where
tho working classes live but no out
breaks. Demonstrations occurred in
many sections of tho provinces the
police being called upon to quell
disturbances.
SOME
GOOD BUYS
ESTATE
IX REAL
Lot 100x200 and two residences
In South Marshfield closo to business
part of town. A snap for $5260.00.
One business lot on Broadway
?750.00.
Four excellent lots in It. It. Addi
tion ?2200.00.
Lot 100x100 and an eight room
residence In South Marshfiold $3000.
P7 acre farm, 50 acres bottom land
40 acres under cultivation, small or
chard, 9 room residence, mllo
water front,' about 30 head of cattle
go with this place, all kinds of farm
ing implements, there Is a coal mine
on the place. 4't miles from town.
$11,000.00. STUTSMAN & CO.
NOTICE
All partlett owning dogs within
city limits, are hereby notified that
they must como forward and pay tho
license within ten days from dato of
this notice. Anyone not paying
license after that dato will be ar
rested for non payment.
p Dated this 13th day .of January,
190,8. .,' . '.'J. W. CARTER,
!- 1 T
&
.City M-rihal.
r'irr ..
progross was slow and on Thursday
there was nothing but a little meat
left in the pantry. Tho crew had
been well fed, however, and for a
couple of days they did not mind
the short rations.
Saturday morning tho captain
sighted the steam schooner Daisy
Mitchell bound for Astoria, and sig
nalled for assistance. He was near
ly thirty miles from tho bar and the
schooner offered to get out of her
course and tow tho ship in for the
sum of $350, which was accepted as
tho captain did not want to starve by
remaining out any longer. The boat
was brought in and the Columbia
picked her up at the bar and brought
her to the railroad dock where she
will load lumber.
It Is reported that -uno-wtier three
master, the Lucy, left .San Pedro fifty
days ago for the Urn pn.ua river. This
boat has not yet reached the bar,
and it Is expect'-d that tho recent
gales blew her avay up the coast and
that she Is at present working her
way to port. She was equipped with
food for a rouid trip, and it is not
expected that sae will run short for
some weeks yet The eaptaln of the
Bertie Minor sighted a boat off the
coast several days ago that he
thought was tie missing ship, al
though he Is not certain.
A dispatch fron San Pedro to Port
land states that nlarm Is felt at the
southern port foi the sefety of the
schooner Lucy, which was sighted off
tho Umpqua bar , by tho schooner
Caroline several ieks ago as the
latter was bound foi her second trip
to San Pedro. Since that time sev
eral severe storms hati been felt oft
tho coast and It Is possible the Lucy
may have been blown several miles
out to sea.
Judging from .tho experiences of
the Bertie Minor, which was blown
many miles from off tho bar, the re
ports of tho Lucy going wldo of the
mark may bo correct. Sailors on
the Minor do not feel alarm over tho
Lucy's absence, as ships come north
very light, and only have a small
amount of stone ballast. As they are
not yet equipped with centerboards,
or keels of any size, beating against
head winds Is a slow proposition.
It Is reported that the Bertie Mi
nor was seen off tho mouth of the
harbor on December 17 and that
Captain McG'eo, of tho tug Columbia,
was informed of the fact that she
had distress signals flying from her
mast. It is claimed that he said that
io thought she could take 'care of
herself, and tho boat was shortly
a fterVard blown to ' sea fy ttie'very
.- r i - , ,
Gas Tank Explodes During an Amateur Performance Trans
forming Theater Into a Roaring.. furnace in .Which
( ' Oil V ' ," -.,. Vl V
Lives are Snuffed Out Like Candles in a Breeze.
-i
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STRONG MEN FIGHT WITH WEAK WOMEN FOR SAFETY
In the Awful Scramble to Save Their Lives Scores are Are
V
Trampled Upon and Their Lives Crushed Out Many
Jump From Windows to Death to Escape more
Terrible end in the Flames.
(By Associated Press.)
BOYERTOWN, Jan. 14. p
At 3.30 o'clock 165 bodies had v
been removed. Tho coroner
placed the number of deaths at
180.
reigned. Even men lost their self
control and fought with women and
children to escape to the street. The
mad scramble for exits was simply
Jndiscribable. The weaker were
brushed aside and in many instan
ces trampled to death. Scores of
persons on the second floor witness
ing the horrible scenes on tho ground
floor risked their lives jumping
from windows. Several were fatally
injured in this manner. Boyertown
has only 2500 inhabitants and there
Is scarcely a house in the little town
that is not affected by last night's
catastrophe.
BOYERTOWN, Jan. l-J.-AVhen day
light dawned the full extert of last
night's flro when the Hhodo's Opera
House burned was fully apparent.
Tho death list is placed at 150 in
jured 75. Exactly how many were
kiled will never bo .mown for
among the victims were & number of
visitors who may have no relatives
to traco their untimely fate. It is
estimated that 400 were in the play
house when the explosion of the gas
tank occurred. The tank was be
ing used in connection with pictures
being shown in an amateur perform
ance for the "Scottish Refornatlon"
benefit of St. Johns Lutheran Sun
day school. Instantly after the ex
plosion occurred -someone yelled
"flro" and in almost less time than Farmers National Bank, Erhans
it takes to tell tho center of the. Hardware House, and three dwell-
Other Buildings Burned.
BOYERTOWN, Jan. 14. About
50 members of tho state constabulary
have come here to maintain order.
The work of recovering the bodies is
unusually tedious and hazardous ow
ing to tho fact that In the rush es
cape to the floor gave way precipit?
ating many persons Into tho base
ment. The bodies of these were
burled in charred timbers and tons
of brick from the collapsed walls.
In addition to the opera house the
opera house was a blazing furnace.
The rapidity with which the flames
spread was caused by upsetting
coal oil lamps, used for footlights,
by persons on the stage in their
eagerness to allay tne alarm ana
quiet tho audience. Pandemonium
ing3 were destroyed. Loss $75,000.
Tha fire wis not brought under
control until early this morning after
the arrival cf assistance from Read
ing and Pottstown. Physicians and
nurses were also sent from other
towns to care for the injured.
IS SLATED FOR
FINE POSITION
D. A. Utter May Become Sur
veyor General of Idaho Is
Highly Endorsed.
With good prospects of being the
next surveyor general of Idaho, D.
A. Utter, who has been sojourning in
BIRTHDAY OF
PIONEER LADY
I W9v)tL.LaE9 La 9 HUB
Wool Growers in Bitter Tirade
Against Supervision of Pub- ,
lie Grazing Lands.
(By Associated Press.)
HELENA, Jan. 14. The first
day's session of tho National Wool
Growers' Association was character
ized by a most bitter tirade against
government regulations of tho public
range by Thomas J. Walsh, of Hel
ena, stockman, lawyer and late dem-1
ocratic candidate.' for congress, whoso
wrath apparently knew no bonds
against the action of the administra
tion by putting into effect what is
known as the license system of
grazing on forest reserves.
The attendance at the convention
was very large, the greatest in fact
in the history of the association.
After the Invocation, formal ad
dresses of welcome wero made by
Governor Toole, acting Mayor Lind
say, President Pickett, of the com
mercial club, and responses by Frank
J. Hagenbarth, of Spencer, Idaho.
The usual committees wero appoint
ed. In his annual address, Western
Vice President Wilson, of Douglas,
Wyo., congratulated the association
on its prosperous past and tho bright
future for industry. Tho session
closed with the address of Governor
Brooks, of Wyo., on "The Open
Range."
Architect and Builder Predicts
Big Growth for Marshfield
This Year.
Mrs. Esther Lockhart's Eighty
Third Birthday Celebrated
By Close Friends.
Yesterday aftornoon Mrs. Esther
M. Lockhart was tho center of a
crowd of old time and admiring lady
Marshfield for the past six months, j friends, at the home of her daughter,
will leave on tho next steamer for 'Mrs. Henry Sengstacken, the occa
Portland to return to his native stato'slon being tne oiguty-ihird anniver-
and find out how ho stands in this
respect. He will leave on tho Alli
ance next Thursday .morning for
Portland and Boise, Idalio.
Mr. Utter, who Is a well known
mining and civil engineer, has been
endorsed by the congressional dele
gation of Idaho and Senator Borah
and Hoyburn, at Wnjhington, for the
position, which was recently made va
cant by the forced resignation of
Mr. Eggleston. With both tho con
gressional delegation and tho senat
ors for Idaho working for his selec
tion for this position, It appears a
foregone conclusion that he will se
cure tho job.
Numerous frlonds of Mr. Utter in
slty of her birth.
Flowers in profusion wero mainly
tho offerings of her friends, but a
number of more substantials, though
not more appreciated, tokons of love
were In evidence. Somo of these
latter coming from California and
elsewhero at a distance. '
A pioneer of 1853, Mrs. Lockhart
has over maintained a loading plnco
In tho social and Intellectual life of
tho bay, and her attainments and
forco of character have left their
imprint upon tho generation which
has been decreed to her.
Graciously receiving tho homage
of her younger sisters, It was not
attempted to conceal tho emotions
which tho spirit of their presence
this city aro greatly pleased over would envoko.
his prospects, and already feel llkol Those present
extending congratulations to him. He 'Hirst, Smith,
Is' well known here and recently or
ganized a concern for the making of
brick from materials found In this
3ectlon.
heavy galo which sprang up, causing
her "to bo nearly another month In
making this Jport.' ?"'''. M' i
m 1 t nif .I-.." i
wero, Mcsdnmes
Riggs, McFarland,
Reed, Duebner, Rasmussen, Siglln,
Kaufman, Wieder and Turpin.
A little persistent classified ad
vertising wl't And a tenanf'ready for
any" property tntnis city while a
kreat deal of piaeardlne and "wait
ing" xDlgtiViatP P WgHr
That the attention of Portland peo
ple is being turned toward Coos
Bay is very evident from the num
ber of people from that city who are
looking over the field In Coos county
for investment ana a place to reside
and go Into business. Arthur T.
Reed, tho Portland architect and
builder, who has decided to make his
homo here, said yesterday that ho
was continually receiving enquiries
from Portland business men regard
ing the prospects In various lines on
the bay, and that tho coming spring
would see an Immense amount of
house building In Marshfield.
"Great interest Is being shown in
Marshfield," he said. "I have re
ceived letters from various people
asking my opinion of conditions here,
and I toll them they cannot do bet
ter than como here and locate. A
well known planning mill man in
Portland is figuring on establishing
a planing mill In this city to make a
bid for local trade. A butcher in
Portland who does a largo business
there has written mo rogarding the
locating of a poultry and meat mark
et In this city, and tho chances are
that ho will establish Biich a busi
ness here.
"I have also recolved letters from
nlno different skilled workmen in
tho carpentering and housebuilding
lino who aro anxious to como to Coos
Bay to live. Interost in this section
is certainly growing and tho people
of Portland aro showing a vory active
concern over tho prospects of a fu
ture city on tho famous Coos Bay."
Mr. Reed has recently closed his
first contract In this city. This calls
for tho erection of a $3,000 residence
for Pat Hennessey on tho west side
of Balnes street, nearly opposite the
cemetery, and tho lumber Is already
being placed on tho ground so that
tho construction will start Immedi
ately. Mr. Reed also has four or five
more houses In prospect which he ex
pects to build, and fio Js now figur
ing on tho erection of a handsome
ji.ooo resjuenco ror a jocol cltlzon,
and' the' home will bo a credit to the
wnoie pay,
"ftf
Resignation of All Members of
Emperor's Official Family
Averted.
PREMIER ALSO RESIGNS!
Emperor Refuses to Accept Resigns
tlon and Patches Up Truco of.
Pence With Cabinet.
(By Associated Press.)
TOKIO, Jan. 14. Th6 resignation
of the entire cabinet was narrowly
averted today when Premier Mar
quis Saionjl tendered his resigna
tion to tho emperor this afternoon
but his majesty declined to receive
it, while the alternative resignations!
of the Minister of Finance and Min-I
ister of Communications wero accept
ed. The Minister of Justice wiUj
combine the portfolio of finance and
Minister ot the interior .will com-i
bine that of Minister of Communica
tions, thus leaving tho cabinet wlthc-l
out new elements and removing thai
disturbing 4 factors. Tho changes j
were the outcome of a discussion oil
the budget.
SHORT MEETING OF
COUNCIL fS HELt
Nothing of Moment Occupies tli
Attention of City
Fathers. .
A meeting of tho city council was
held last night and tho evening wa
devoted principally to discussion of
various propositions, among thoi
being the establishment of the counts
ferry between this city and East!
Marshfield, improvements to street
and other things. Nothing of any
moment was done and tho financial!
report is not ready yet.
The board of equalization meet
ing was postponed until next Mondaj
night because of the need for bo-1
curing certain figures which Were
not available last night.
Uullf UdJEiU;
War Department. Sees No Reason foiri
Withholding Contract From
Them.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. ThoJ
war department is not informed as
yet of the reported withholding of a
contract for construction of fortifi
cations for tho alleged reason that;
the Japaneso aro really tho lowest!
bidders. Tho officials say they see no.
reason why a lino should be drawisJ
on account cf nationality of those
who aro to do the work, the natures!
of which cannot bo concealed.
FRANCE ILL
LIMIT ACTS
'Every Indication points toward a
K. yv '" " r -
Confines Its Activity in Morocco tcx
Maintaining Order on the
Frontier.
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Jan. 14. A statement
published from an Inspired sourco la
to tho effect that tho French govern
ment has decided to confine its ac
tion in Morocco to assuring tho se
curity of tho Algerian frontier andS
maintenance of order at tho ports Inn
accordance with tho Algeclras act.
great amount of construction o
houses in Marshfiold during the next;
few months and after tho opening;
of spring," said Mr. Reed. A dist
inctive feature of the ' buildings la
that they are mostly of a high grade
and will add much to the beauty oft
the cltw as well as Its growth."